Canadian Daniel Boone wins Absolute Poker package valued at $150,000
Monday 16th April 2007
Absolute Poker has revealed the winner of the second Absolute Dream Package promotion. Daniel Boone, a 31-year-old construction worker and father of three from Toronto, Canada, finished first in the 9 April 2007 online poker tournament to claim the grand prize, worth a whopping $150,000.
The prize package grants Boone access to over $100 million in land-based tournament prize pools. Boone will join the first Absolute Dream Package winner, Scott Carroll, on the poker circuit where they'll each play in 10 of the richest poker tournaments and the world's biggest televised cash game. Boone will also receive pro training from poker's best.
'Absolute Poker is fast becoming one of the best places to win access to the world's hottest land-based poker tournaments,' commeted David Clainer, senior vice president for Absolute Poker. 'We've held this tournament twice and we're thrilled to bring it back for a third time this June.'
Clainer thinks that the uniqueness of the prize package is what attracts online poker players to Absolute Poker.
'When you could win access to over $100 million in tournament prize pool money, there's no reason to play anywhere else,' says Clainer. 'The constant flow of traffic to our site combined with countless new signups each day is proving that. We've seen it with the first two Absolute Dream Packages and we're about to see it happen again.'
Absolute Poker has revealed the winner of the second Absolute Dream Package promotion. Daniel Boone, a 31-year-old construction worker and father of three from Toronto, Canada, finished first in the 9 April 2007 online poker tournament to claim the grand prize, worth a whopping $150,000.